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• President Trump believes exercise is 'misguided'

  15-05-2017 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Other than golf, he considers exercise misguided, arguing that a person, like a battery, is born with a finite amount of energy,' reveals a new story about President Trump.
  
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• How to prep for the 'Great American Eclipse' in 100 days

  15-05-2017 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The August 21 event will be visible to millions of people as it crosses through 14 states, with the path of totality stretching from Lincoln Beach, Oregon, to Charleston, South Carolina.
  
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• Google to take on Siri with iPhone AI assistant app

  15-05-2017 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The search giant is set to unveil an iOS app version of its popular Google assistant later this week at its I/O developer conference.
  
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• World's most polluted island revealed

  15-05-2017 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Henderson Island is a sanctuary to a host of threatened species including the Henderson Petrel and Henderson Crake, and its beaches are a nesting site for the endangered green turtle.
  
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• World's fastest go-kart can go from 0-60mph in 1.5 seconds

  15-05-2017 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Canadian firm has unveiled the C5-Blast Ultimate, which is sayswill be capable of reaching 60 mph (98 km/h) in just 1.5 seconds thanks to boost fans.
  
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• The world's first unisex contraceptive - made from olives

  15-05-2017 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eating handfuls of olives will not prevent pregnancy, but a chemical found within them can stop a sperm from reaching an egg.
  
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• Uber must return confidential files to Waymo, orders US judge

  15-05-2017 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US judge tells Uber to sideline an engineer but says the firm can continue work on self-driving cars.
  
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• Swansea uni studies Wales' waves and tides with 30m tank

  15-05-2017 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Swansea University researchers are using the models to understand how best to use tidal power.
  
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• NHS cyber-attack: No 'second spike' but disruption continues

  15-05-2017 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Hunt says a lack of new attacks is "encouraging", but at least 16 hospital trusts are still affected.
  
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• Giant lava lamp inside Earth might flip its magnetic field

  15-05-2017 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New Oxford University research suggests magnetic field reversals may be caused by regions on top of the Earth's core behaving like giant lava lamps, with blobs of rock rising and falling inside.
  
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• Electric car battery can be fully charged in FIVE minutes

  15-05-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  StoreDot's FlashBattery combines organic compounds with nano-materials to slash charging time down to a fraction of that achieved by current methods, the firm says.
  
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• Chris Higgins' photographs hidden caves across Americas

  15-05-2017 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris Higgins, from Knoxville, Tennessee, and his team go to extreme measures to capture photos of the hidden caves across the Americas and Europe.
  
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• Scientists baffled by Vultures who use mud 'like make up'

  15-05-2017 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Egyptian vultures normally have white feathers, but on the Island of Fuerteventura off the coast of Africa, many of them bathe their heads in red mud, giving them red heads and necks.
  
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• Apple set to unveil 10.5in iPad Pro & Siri speaker in June

  15-05-2017 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It seems Apple has big plans for its WWDC in June. Rumors have suggested that the firm will unveil a 10.5-inch iPad Pro along with a Siri-enabled smart speaker to take on Amazon.
  
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• Thailand threatens to sue over video of king in crop top

  15-05-2017 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video of King Maha Vajiralongkorn strolling around a shopping centre with a woman was widely shared on the social network.
  
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• Uber not to use technology taken from Waymo, judge orders

  15-05-2017 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A federal judge has ordered Uber to stop using technology that a key executive downloaded before he left Waymo, the Alphabet Inc. autonomous car arm that was spun off from Google.
  
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• Wearing red has no effect on how attractive you are

  15-05-2017 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists from Dominican Universityhave been unable to replicate the results of previous studies which have claimed that wearing the colour red makes you appear more attractive.
  
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• New York eyes 'textalyzer' to combat distracted driving

  15-05-2017 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York is exploring new legislation that would allow police officers to use a 'textalyzer' to determine whether a driver was using their mobile device moments before accident without a warrant.
  
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• Inside Ocado's distribution warehouse

  15-05-2017 18:58
  
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• Stunning Cassini picture shows shadow over Saturn's A ring

  15-05-2017 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A breathtaking new view of Saturn from NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed an up-close look at the planet’s ‘short shadow,’ as its northern summer approaches.
  
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• Global manhunt for WannaCry creators

  15-05-2017 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Investigators have few clues as they seek to find who was behind the massive attack.
  
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• Watch what happens when ransomware hits

  15-05-2017 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An ethical hacking expert demonstrates what happens when the WannaCry ransomware hits a PC.
  
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• The NHS trusts and hospitals affected by the Wannacry cyberattack

  15-05-2017 17:38
  
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• Female fruit flies become violent after sex

  15-05-2017 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Oxford University put the violence down to chemicals found in the semen that carries a male's DNA in his swimming sperm cells. The chemical can change female behaviour (stock).
  
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• Diesel cars generate even MORE pollution than first feared

  15-05-2017 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study was undertaken by a team that included scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the US non-profit organisation the International Council on Clean Transportation.
  
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• Sea creature that washed up in Indonesia is baleen whale

  15-05-2017 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A mass of rotting flesh which washed up in Indonesia last week was once a baleen whale, experts said, pointing to distinctive bones poking out of the carcass as evidence.
  
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• Ransomware cyber-attack: Who has been hardest hit?

  15-05-2017 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The WannaCry cyber-attack has affected more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries, Europol says.
  
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• Drinking doesn't change your personality study finds

  15-05-2017 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by the University of Missouri suggests there is very little difference between our 'sober' and 'drunk' personalities - even though we might think we're completely different (stock image).
  
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• Essex crow swoops down to kill rabbit before flying off

  15-05-2017 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The distressing images showing the brutal reality of nature were captured by wildlife lover Jacqueline Suttling, 55, near the RSPB nature reserve Old Mall Harshes in Tollesbury, Essex.
  
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• Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda is coming to smartphones

  15-05-2017 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nintendo, based in Kyoto, Japan, is hoping to replicate the successes of Super Mario Run with a new mobile gaming app from the classic franchise The Legend of Zelda.
  
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• Expert explains why God probably DOES exist

  15-05-2017 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite the growing disbelief in a higher being,Robert Nelson, a Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland explores how his belief in God is rooted in logic and science.
  
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• NHS hack wasn't about making money. It was about disgruntled hackers making a point

  15-05-2017 15:20
  
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• NHS hack wasn't about making money. It was about disgruntled Americans making a point

  15-05-2017 15:20
  
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• Putin blames the US for WannaCry cyber chaos

  15-05-2017 15:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Putin has blamed the US for the 'ransomware' cyber attack that has created chaos in 150 countries and could wreak even greater havoc as more malicious variations appear.
  
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• Researchers create a song based on the Trappist 1 system

  15-05-2017 15:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Toronto, Scarborough created an animation where the planets play a piano note every time they pass in front of their host star.
  
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• Man thanks iPhone's Siri for saving his life after fire

  15-05-2017 14:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. Christopher Beaucher said that he was athis mother's cottage in Wilmot, New Hampshire, on May 1 when the home exploded, leaving him withbadly burned.
  
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• Virtual memorial for WW2 code-cracker

  15-05-2017 14:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bletchley Park code-cracker Bill Tutte has been commemorated by a recreation of the machine he defeated.
  
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• MP3 format is 'killed off' as founders terminate licensing

  15-05-2017 14:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Munich-based Fraunhofer Institute has officially terminated its licensing programme for certain MP3-related patents in a move dubbed the 'official death warrant' of the format (stock image)
  
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• Live tracker reveals how much NHS hackers are making from their ransomware demands

  15-05-2017 13:56
  
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• How much have NHS hackers made from ransomware demands? Not as much as you'd think

  15-05-2017 13:56
  
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• Iguana chase wins Bafta for Planet Earth II

  15-05-2017 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The iguana chase won Planet Earth II the Bafta for Must-See Moment.
  
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• 5 ways to protect from WannaCry ransomware hackers

  15-05-2017 13:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York-based security blogger Lawrence Abrams recommends making safe and secure backups, updating your system and, if hit by the WannaCry worm, not to 'wait and see'.
  
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• Toyota invests in a flying car called Skydrive

  15-05-2017 13:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Car manufacturer Toyota, based in Aichi, Japan, is investing in a group of employees, who have been working on a flying car in their spare time, to create a working prototype by 2018.
  
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• Dinosaur asteroid hit 'worst possible place'

  15-05-2017 13:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How different Earth's history might have been if the space rock had struck a different location.
  
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• Inside Ocado's automated robo-factory

  15-05-2017 13:00
  
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• Hypnotic video shows thousands of autonomous crates flying through Ocado's robo-factory

  15-05-2017 13:00
  
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• Mid-sized Japanese firms are employing ROBOTS

  15-05-2017 12:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Japanese government says it sees a larger proportion of investment being dedicated to robotics by mid-sized firms, including the Hen na Hotel in Tokyo.
  
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• NHS hospitals brace themselves for more hacking attempts

  15-05-2017 12:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The hackers, who crippled the NHS and hit 200,000 victims in 150 countries, have now re-written their malware to close a loophole and it is already being spread across the world.
  
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• Killer whales swim past Orkney fishing boat

  15-05-2017 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A pod of orcas make several close passes of a fishing boat off the coast of Orkney.
  
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• Experts warn that Campi Flegrei is at a 'critical stage'

  15-05-2017 12:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from UCL and the Vesuvius Observatory in Naples have been studying the patterns of unrest since Campi Flegrei's last eruption 500 years ago.
  
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